Consultations

This update provides information about the meeting of the Animal Nutrition (AN) Section of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) held on 17-18 December 2018.

This consultation proposes the removal of the supplementary discount for poultry slaughterhouse Food Business Operators with Plant Inspection Assistant systems and an adjustment to the core meat industry discount to mitigate any impact.

The purpose of this consultation is to seek stakeholder views on the success of the consolidation, if there have been any significant impacts, if it has provided adequate consumer protection and if the civil sanctions introduced through this instrument have been appropriate and proportionate.

The proposed approach for the amendment of Northern Ireland domestic legislation relating to food and feed safety and hygiene, food compositional standards and food labelling (including nutrition).

The proposed process for authorising the delayed evisceration and partial evisceration of poultry in FSA approved poultry slaughterhouses

A consultation on the draft Food (Miscellaneous amendments etc.) Regulations (NI) 2018 which incorporate amendments to the Fruit Juices and Fruit Nectars Regulations (NI) 2013 and the Food Hygiene Regulations (NI) 2006.

This update provides information about the meeting of the Animal Nutrition (AN) Section of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) held on 7-9 November 2018.

We welcome stakeholder views on the proposed amendments to our guidance document on the control of E. coli O157 and cross-contamination.

This update provides information about the meeting of the Animal Nutrition (AN) Section of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCoPAFF) held on 17-18 September 2018.

The following topics have recently been discussed at European Commission working group meetings on agricultural contaminants and industrial and environmental contaminants and at Standing Committee.